of
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, pages 89
DISTRICT COURT. The first session of the district court convened in Bloomington Monday, April 24, 1837. David Irvin, judge of the second judicial district of Wisconsin territory, associate justice of the supreme court, presided. W. W. Chapman, United States district attorney, was also in attendance. The court appointed John S. Abbott clerk of the court, John Vanatta and Dr. Eli Reynolds having qualified as his bondsmen. 'A' diamond-shaped piece of paper was chosen as the temporary seal of the court. This was attached to documents by means of a wafer, impressed by the reverse side of a ten cent piece of silver.
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